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Analysis

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

/əˈnæləsɪs/nounCore term

In academic english & research, analysis means: Detailed examination of data or a text in order to identify patterns, relationships or meaning, often using statistical or qualitative techniques.

In Turkish: analiz, çözümleme, inceleme

How it is used

Researchers carry out, conduct or run an analysis. Common types include statistical analysis, content analysis, thematic analysis and regression analysis. The verb is analyze in American English and analyse in British English.

Example sentences

  1. The analysis was carried out in SPSS.

  2. A closer analysis of the interviews revealed three main themes.

Common collocations

  • statistical analysis
  • data analysis
  • conduct an analysis
  • content analysis
  • further analysis
  • dataFacts, numbers, recordings, texts or observations collected in a study and then analyzed to answer a research question.
  • findingsThe results or information that a study discovers after its data have been collected and analyzed.
  • thematic analysisA qualitative method for finding, organizing and interpreting patterns of meaning, called themes, across interviews, texts or other data.
  • correlationA statistical relationship between two variables in which they tend to change together, either in the same or in opposite directions.

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